Media Coverage
How to Motivate Adolescents in Math and Science: Tips From an Expert
Education Week spoke with Rosenzweig about what’s getting in the way of student motivation and what teachers can do about it. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
How teachers build confidence to motivate middle schoolers in STEM
Dr. Emily Rosenzweig Discusses How Real-World Problem Solving Can Boost STEM Motivation in Middle School Students.
Busting myths and misconceptions about motivating students
How to reengage and motivate students who are checking out of school—both mentally and physically—is a top priority for educators, especially as students are misbehaving and skipping class more now than they were before the pandemic.
APA Division 15: Emerging research in educational psychology podcast
Dr. Emily Q Rosenzweig joins host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss her recent Educational Psychologist article, "Beyond utility value interventions: The why, when, and how for next steps in expectancy-value intervention research."
UGA Newspaper: New research may explain shortages in STEM careers
A new study by the University of Georgia revealed that more college students change majors within the STEM pipeline than leave the career path of science, technology, engineering and mathematics altogether.
Publications
Beymer, P. N., Kim, Y., Allen, E. C., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (in press). Examining a weekly cost reduction intervention in calculus. Learning and Instruction.
Chen, X-Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (in press). Investigating academic and demographic similarities to career role models for motivating diverse college students in STEM. Learning and Individual Differences.
Kim, Y., Beymer, P. N., Allen, E. C., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (in press). Dynamic interplay of motivational regulation strategies and achievement: Insights from intensive longitudinal data. Contemporary Educational Psychology.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Chen, X-Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Beymer, P. N., & Akalin, S. (in press). Motivational weighing: Examining how adolescents negotiate competing motivational beliefs related to math and science coursework. Motivation and Emotion.
Allen, E. C., Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Precursors of students’ cost perceptions: Identifying proximal and distal antecedents. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 81, 102374.
Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Testing a weekly utility value intervention in college physics and chemistry courses. Contemporary Educational Psychology.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Song., Y., Chen, X-Y., Baldwin, A., Barger, M., Cotterrell, M., Dees, J. A., Injaian, A. S., Weliweriya, N., Walker, J. R., Wiegert, C. C., & Lemons, P. P. (2025). Switching within STEM: Examining the motivational concerns that college students report considering when changing career plans within STEM fields. Journal of Educational Psychology. Online first publication.
Chen, X.-Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (in press). What types of feathers flock together? Different dimensions of role model similarities uniquely support STEM motivation. Journal of Experimental Education. Online first publication.
Tuma, T. T., Fedesco, H. N., Rosenzweig, E. Q., Chen, X-Y., & Dolan, E. L. (2025). Seeing isn't believing? Mixed effects of a perspective-getting intervention to improve mentoring relationships for science doctoral students. CBE Life Sciences Education. Online first publication.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Lemons, P. P., Chen, X.-Y., Song., Y., Baldwin, A., Barger, M., Cotterrell, M., Dees, J. A., Injaian, A. S., Weliweriya, N., Walker, J. R., Wiegert, C. C. (2024). Beyond STEM attrition: Changing career plans within STEM fields in college is associated with lower career motivation, certainty, and satisfaction. International Journal of STEM Education, 11, 1-18.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Zhang, Y.S. (2024). Do I want this job? Examining how individuals weigh task values during career decision-making in high school and college. Online first publication. Motivation Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000334
Song, Y., Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Barger, M. M. (2023). Disentangling emotional cost, psychological cost, and anxiety in motivation research. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 1040-1061.
Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2023). Predictors of short-term trajectories of students’ motivational beliefs. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 75, 102236, 1-15.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Chen, X.-Y. (2023). Which STEM careers are most appealing? Examining high school students’ preferences and motivational beliefs for different STEM career choices. International Journal of STEM Education, 10, 1-25.
Beymer, P. N., Ponnock, A. R., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2023). Exploring teachers’ perceptions of cost: A multimethod investigation of associations among job satisfaction, attrition intentions, and challenges. Journal of Experimental Education, 91(3), 517-538.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Song, Y., & Clark, M. S. (2022). Mixed effects of a randomized trial replication study testing a cost-focused motivational intervention. Learning and Instruction. Online first publication.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2022). Beyond utility value interventions: The when, why, and how of next steps in expectancy-value intervention research. Educational Psychologist, 57(1), 11-30.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Asher, M. W., Tibbetts, Y., Hyde, J. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2021). Inside the STEM pipeline: Changes in students’ biomedical career plans across the college years. Science Advances, 7(18), 1-9.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Harackiewicz, J. M., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Tibbetts, Y., Canning, E. A., Asher, M. W., & Hyde, J. S. (2021). College students’ reasons for leaving biomedical fields: Disenchantment with biomedicine or attraction to other fields? Journal of Educational Psychology, 113(2), 351-369.